Electricite de France SA plans to take another month to decide on whether to sell its U.K. distribution network to cut debt, French daily Les Echos reported, without saying where it got the information.

Glencore International AG, the world’s largest commodities trader, has mandated three banks to study a possible initial public offering that may take place around the second quarter of this year, French daily Les Echos reported, without citing anyone.

Areva SA has hired Nomura Holdings Inc. to advise it on Urenco Ltd., the uranium enrichment company owned by the U.K., Germany and the Netherlands, French daily Les Echos reported, citing unidentified people.

La Banque Postale, France’s postal bank, wants an alternative financing structure for the share of the loans from Dexia SA’s French municipal lending unit that it will assume, Les Echos reported, citing unnamed people at the bank.